Spanish golfer Jon Rahm walked away with the green jacket at this year’s Masters Tournament, and he shared an awesome moment with fellow Spaniard Jose María Olazábal after his win.
The moment makes you wonder, how many fellow golfers from Spain have won the Masters?
In the history of the tournament, Rahm joins Spanish golfers Sergio García (2017), Seve Ballesteros (1980, 1983) and Olazábal (1994, 1999) as the fourth person from Spain to win the Masters.
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Rahm’s win is the sixth for the country, as Olazábal and Ballesteros own two green jackets a piece. Spain now passes South Africa as the second-most awarded country at The Masters behind the United States with those six victories.
Rahm closed his Masters run with an impressive 12-under par.
Jon Rahm.
Jose Maria Olazabal.
Masters champions embracing.
Six green jackets for Spain. #TheMasters
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With the Masters victory, Rahm is now halfway to a career Grand Slam as he won the U.S. Open in 2021. He tied for fourth in the PGA Tournament in 2018 and tied for third at The Open in 2021.
As Rahm tries to join golfing history with those two victories, he’ll be able to claim history as only the fourth golfer from his home country to win a green jacket at Augusta.
It’s almost as if Rahm’s win was destined to happen as Sunday was the late Ballesteros’ birthday.
Some coincidences that make this win for Rahm particularly special…
Today is two-time #TheMasters winner and Spanish great Seve Ballesteros' birthday. He passed in 2011.
Rahm's caddie is wearing the No. 49, with those numbers being given out in order upon arrival to ANGC.
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